What will a medical alert really cost?

The monthly price is only part of it. Pick how long you expect to need it and we add up every published fee for 22 devices, with prices checked Oct 25, 2026.

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How long?

1 year 2 years 3 years

Options

Include automatic fall detection Pay yearly where it's cheaper

Where will they use it?

Show everything Mostly at home At home and out

A + after a total means the vendor doesn't publish one of the fees, so the real total is higher; those rows come after the complete ones. The note under the total says which.

How we add it up

• Up front is the device (equipment) fee plus any activation fee the vendor publishes.
• Monitoring is the monthly fee times the months, or the yearly price times whole years when you pay yearly. Some plans are sold only by the year.
• Fall detection is the add-on price times the months. When it's included we add nothing; when a vendor doesn't publish the price we say so instead of guessing.
• Shipping, sales tax, spouse coverage, lockboxes and wall buttons aren't included. Promotions change often, so check the vendor's page before you buy.

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